Progne

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Progne \Prog"ne\ (pr[o^]g"n[-e]), n. [L., a swallow,
     traditionally said to be fr. Progne (The sister of
     Philomela), who was changed into a swallow, Gr. Pro`knh.]
     (Zool.)
     (a) A swallow.
     (b) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See


         {Martin}.
     (c) An American butterfly ({Polygonia Progne} syn. {Vanessa
         Progne}). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath,
         with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called
         also {gray comma}.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Progne
       n : a genus of Hirundinidae [syn: {genus Progne}]